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The origins of theater in the ancient world were centered around religion and the gods and the Globe theater continued that tradition in Elizabethan England with the help of contributions from Shakespeare. The paper examines how the design of the open-air theaters in Athens may have inspired the architecture of theaters, such as the Globe, that were built in England many years later. It also discusses how William Shakespeare was one of the partners from among the actors and how his own money, as well as artistic work, went into the theater.

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"In the 1570s, a man named James Burbage obtained for himself a theatrical license, which allowed him to actually lease a piece of land to be used exclusively by a theater. It was a long-term lease which gave him a great deal of control over the land and the freedom to construct or deconstruct buildings on it as he pleased. This was a landmark event all around, for this was the first theatrical license granted in England; The Globe Theatre was a part of many landmark events in English theater. The location was on the north shore of the Thames River, and it sat just outside of London. The location was actually a strategic move for Burbage, for within the city limits of London he would have faced far more scrutiny and protest for building a theater, which was not considered to be an upright establishment, and ranked in many people's minds right along brothels so far as morality is concerned."

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